Hat protector



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\I. L. ARNET HAT PROTECTOR Filed June 11, 1923 Wcfori. Arr ref [N VENTOR50 I BY A TTORNE Y Patented 0a. 14, 1924.-

UNITED v STATES VICTOR L. ARNET, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT PROTECTOR.

Application filed June 11, 1923. Serial No. 644,682.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR L. ARNET, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Protectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hat protectors, and has forone of its objects to provide means whereby hats may be protected bysuitable waterproofed coverings in case of rain; another object is tomake these protectors of a simple and inexpensive character; a furtherobject is to so arrange them that they may be easily applied and removedfrom hats.

With other minor objects in view that will hereinafter appear, mypresent invention embodies in a hat protector certain details ofconstruction, all of which will be hereinafter explained, specificallystated in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings which disclose several preferred forms of my invention, and inwhich- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a conventional straw hat provided withmy protector;

Fig.2 is a vertical sectional view through ihe same along the plane ofline 2-2, in

ig. 3 is a similar sectional view through a conventional design of asoft hat of the fedora type;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through a womans hat covered by theprotector;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through a portion ofthe protector, showing a preferred manner of joinin% its componentparts; and

ig. 6; is a similar sectional view showing a somewhat modifiedconstruction in the details of the protector.

Like charactersof referencedenote similar arts throughout the severalviews and the ollowing specification:

10 is a mans straw hat of conventional design, consisting of a crown 11,having a top 12 and sides 13, crown 11 being fastened to a brim portion14 of substantially flat shape. 15 is a sweat-band at the inside of thecrown 11 where the same is joined to the brim 14, and 15 is a hat bandaround the outside of the sides 13.

Placed over the hat, when needed, is a protector 16 which is preferablymade of transparent rubber fabric or similar waterproofed material, andconsists of a crown portion 17, having a top 18 and sides 19 fastened toa brim 20. At the extreme outer edge of the brim 20 is provided aslightly depending portion 21.

he seams or connections between the different parts of the protector aremade by cementing or vulcanizing or otherwise fastemng together flangedprojections as with 18 and 19 for the top and sides, and with 19 and 20with the sides and the brim. The extreme lower edge of the brim of theprotector is similarly constructed by flanging over at 21*. The detailsof this manner of fastening together the component parts of theprotector are shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 3 is shown a protector 22 of modified form, as applied to a softhat of the fedora type, in which its top 23 is joined to tapering sides24; to conform more closely to the shape of the hat, and the sides 24fastened in the same manner, as explained above, to a brim 25 which hasdepending at its periphery a portion 26 of the fabric to cover the brimof the hat, the lower extreme of the protector being reduced somewhat indiameter at 27 to form a U-shaped edge, so as to enclose the outer endof the brim of the hat.

In Fig. 4 is shown a still further modified form 28 of the protector, asapplied to awomans hat consisting of substantially a bag-like crown 29terminatin around the brim of the hat in a flanged over portion 30, ofpreferably U-shape, to protect the outer edge of the brim.

The manner of application of my protector to the various forms of hats,as illustrated, is obvious and is efi'ected by simply drawing the sameover the respective hat.

While in ordinary practice, when made of rubber, the double joints whichare cemented or otherwise fastened together, as shown in Fig. 5, arevery elastic and form a suflicient hold on the hat to prevent theprotector from slipping 01f, in some cases it may be desired to impartelasticity tothese joints only greater than usually obtained, or insteadof rubber fabrics it may be found expedient to use other waterproofedmaterials which possess a very low de ree of elasticity, and for thesepurposes, I liave found it to advantage to imbed within the jointsmentioned, ordinary elastic rubber strin or tapes 31, 31 and 31", as isclearly in icated in Fig. 6.

It is understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departin from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, asdefined in the appended claim, so for instance, while I have shown anddescribed the protector made of transparent rubber fabric, the same mayalso be made of any opaque waterproofed material, not necessarilyrubber, and may be colored to harmonize with other apparel of thewearer. Furthermore, the elastic inserts 31, 31 and 31 must notnecessarily be inserted in all joints, as shown in Fig. 6, but may, ifpreferred and circumstances warrant it, be imbedded in'only one of thejoints, or any other selection different from the one illustrated.Moreover, while, when intended for outdoor wear in case of rain, theprotector should be made preferably of waterproofed material, the samemay also be used to protect the hat from dust, either while worn orstored away, and if so, any desired material, not necessarilywaterproofed, may be used. Still further,- while I have shown theprotector in Figs. 1 and 2 made in sections, joined together, for thesame type of hats one piece protectors as shown in Fig. 4 may be usedadvantageously. Also, while I have shown and described inserts 31, 31and 31 made of rubber, the same may be plain inelastic tape or similarmaterial to be tied together in the form of draw strings for the purposeof retaining the protector upon the hat. It has also been found ofadvantage to omit the U-shaped outer edge of the brim portion of theprotector and simply make the diameter of this brim a little larger thanthat of the hat.

. What I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is:

A protector for hats, made of waterproofed material, consisting of acrown portion, having a circular topand a cylindrical side extendingdownwardly therefrom, the edge of the said top being turned down tooverlap the upper edge of the said side, an annular brim portion havingits inner edge turned up and overlap the lower edgeof the said side, theouter edge of the brim portion terminating in a U-shape and having thelower leg of the said U-shaped edge folded over, and endless elastictapes tightly imbedded between, respectively, the overlap-ping edges ofthe top and side, the side and the brim portion, and between the foldsof the lower leg of the U-shaped outer edge of the said brim portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

VICTOR L. ARNET. [13. s.]

Witnesses: 1

RUnoLrIa-t HUBER, WALTER E. WoLLHnrM.

